Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39466, Samuel Dunlap, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Dunlap, Samuel
S. 39466
CONTENTS

14, 174 Va. Wheeling from Rev. War.
Samuel Duncalf Va.
of Greene Co in the State of Penn. who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't. commanded by Colonel Spottswood in the Va. line, for the term of War from _____ 17 to _____ 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 day of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Sep. 1819 and sent to David Gray Esq. Judge
the Roll on _____ day of 182 _____ and notification sent to at
Pension commencing on the 182
of _____ Amount due on 4th of } $
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }
Record. Book 3. Vol. 7 p. 96
File March 20
Trans. to Wheeling 7. Aug. 37 from March 4. 1837. Notif. sent to J. Hoge Jr. Esq. Elizabethton Tenn P.O. Grave Creek, Va.
Dead Letter to J. Hoge 1. Sep 1840.
Paid at the Treasury under the acts of April 6 th 1838 and Aug t 23 rd 1842 from March 4 th to May 28 th 1839. Agent note filed Oct 6 th 1842

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Sept. 19 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The adm rs of Samuel Dunlap, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Wheeling, Va. Agency, at the rate of — Eight Dollars and — Cents per month annum, under the law of the 18 th March, 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March — to the 28 th May 1839.  Respectfully, yours,
W. L. Harris Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

215
Samuel Rantlap.
No 14/74. Mar'20.
356 cont. (10)
[Large stylized signature or initials]

Graeme County Pennsylvania
on this day of
in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid and a Court of record, proceeding according to the course of the common law unlimited in its jurisdiction in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings. Samuel Dunlap aged sixty five years resident in the County and State aforesaid who being first sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows to wit from the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five in the company of Capt Peader Harrison of the Regiment commanded by Coll Spotswood Feebacker and Neville successively and that after his escape from the enemy at Charlestown he joined the Company of Capt Joseph Barker and continued in the service with Barker till after Cornwallis was taken prisoner as appears in the original declaration dated on the
day of in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen on which he has received a pension certificate numbered. — And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818. And That I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
My property is
  One horse worth $30.00 Two Cows each $9 — $18.00   One horse worth — 20.00 Six Sheep — 6.00 

Two pigs - $2.00 One broken kettle .50 one little iron pot .75
one Skillet - $0.50 Four old chains 1.00 Some old plates one old shovel plough - .50
I am a farmer and unable to do anything towards getting a living for myself. - I have a wife aged forty nine years A son Sampson - 18 years old. - A son Joshua aged 9 years a daughter Catherine aged 7 years. - a daughter Nancy aged 14 years an idiot and total charge. -
Debts
Due for one of the above mentioned horses which was purchased on the credit of my pension certificate twenty seven dollars. -
Due to William Inghram seven dollars -
" " John Hairs Esqr. eight dollars -
Nathaniel Jennings Seven dollars
Five or six years rent of twenty dollars per annum in arrear for a small and almost waste farm
Sworn & subscribed in open Court the 18 th Sept 1820 Samuel W. Dunlop mark
Attest Wm T. Hays Prothonotary
Penn a Greene County
I William T. Hays Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Greene and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do Certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property enumerated in the aforesaid schedule is twenty four dollars - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the 18 th day of Nov 1820
Wm T. Hays Prothonotary

Gren County
That whereas it was omitted mentioning the number of the tenures estate granted in the body of the within instrument of writing. I Mr J Hays.
Do certify that it appears from the said certificate as granted by the War Department and presented to me to be numbered Fourteen thousand one hundred & seventy four. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 23 rd Feb y 1821.
W m J Hays Proth y

Samuel Dunlap for trans, fee from Pa to Wheeling
TH
Hon. J. R. Poinsett,
Secretary of War,
(Pension Department) (Revolutionary War) Washington, D.C.
Samuel Dunlap from Penn a . to Wheeling from 4 Mar 1837, Send note to J. Hoge Jr, of Elizabeth Town, Grave Creek, P.O. Va,
July 28
Sam. Dunlap
Pa to W. Va
Pa to Wheeling, 11 Sept 19.
July 28 1837

Samuel Dunlap for trans, fee from Pa to Wheeling
TH
Hon J. R. Poinsett.
Secretary of War
(Pension Department) (Buffalo Springs, Penn.) Washington, D.C.
Samuel Dunlap from Penn. to Wheeling from 4 Mar 1837, Send not to Hoge Jr, of Elizabeth Town, Grave Creek, P.O. Va.
July 24 Sam. Dunlap for trans fee to Va Pa to Wheeling, 11 Sept. 69.

County of Marshall, ss;
On this 17 th day of July 1837, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, for the said County of Marshall, personally appeared Samuel Dunlap, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Peyton Harrison in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Spotsford in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension roll of the state of Pennsylvania, from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state of Virginia where he intends to remain & wishes his pension to be then payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Greene County Pa. to Marshall County, Va.; He has no wife or family of his own; his children & grand children, live in Marshall County, Va.; and he is desirous to reside with them, that they may take care of him, as he is now unable to work & provide for himself.
Sworn & subscribed before me } Samuel (V) Dunlap the day & year aforesaid. } marks
L. H. Astbury J. P. Witness: H. G. ...

Virginia, Marshall County, ss.
On the 17th day of July, 1837, before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace for the County of Marshall aforesaid, personally appeared (1) Joseph Hays, & made affirmation that Samuel Dunlop, the affiant named in the within affidavit is the identical person & personation therein described.
Affirmed & subscribed before me the 17th day before specified.
J. Hays
L Masters J.P.
(1) (affirmed, intoned before signing) L Masters J.P.
L Masters
a justice of the
Peach for the County of Marshall aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Joseph Hays is well known to me & that he is a person of veracity. Given under my hand this 17th day of July 1837. L Masters J.P.

(3) I James D. Morris clerk of the County Court of Marshall County Pa. do hereby certify, that Ladock Masters — whose signature is signed to the affidavits on the first & second pages of this sheet, is a magis- trate for the County of Marshall aforesaid, that his commission bears date on the 28 th day of May 1835 — and that his several signatures on the first & second pages aforesaid & facts hereinafter are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court. at Elizabethtown this 20 th day of July A.D 1837
James D Morris Clerk
Rev. J. R. Peabody, Sir
I will thank you to examine these papers & write me as to the transfer as soon as practicable.
Your obed servt H. H. H.
Elizabethtown Pa. July 26. 1837.

39 466 INVALID. Rev
File No. 39 466 Samuel Dunlop Ph. Ser. no
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 138
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wheeling 14. 1774 Pennsylvania
Samuel Dunlap
of Greene Co. in the state of Pennsylvania who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Spotswood of the Virginia line, for the term of war
Inscribed on the roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of Sep 1819 and sent to David Gray Esq. Judge Waynesburg, Penna.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819. 16 mos 11 / 30 . 130.93 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1820. 48 --
$ 178.93
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Fr. Ci: August 1. 1837.
Not taken out May 25th 1821 for Wm T. Hays Esq. from Capt. Haysburg, Pa.

Notification sent May 30 th 1821, to W m D. Hays, Esq. Green Coff ee , Waynesburg, Pa —
Fr. C o : August 1. 1837.

Aug 28 1880.
18 3/4
Mr. [unclear]
Mr. [unclear]
Secretary of War, Pension Department, (care of P. Hagner Esq.) Washington D.C.

Aug 28 1870.
18 3/4
Mr. Mooney
Mr. [unclear]
Secretary of War, Pension Department, (care of P. Hagner Esq.) Washington D.C.

Grave Creek, Marshall Co. Va. } August 24 th 1840 }
J. V. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of the Pension Office. To Sir:
The object of this communication is in relation to the pension, formerly drawn, at Wheeling Ohio Co. Va. by Samuel Densley. Said Pensioner died May 28 th 1839. leaving no widow, but several heirs at law some of whom reside at a distance in the state of Ohio. I wish to know whether those of his heirs residents in this county by their powers of Attorney can draw their respective portions of said pension, without reference to those of said heirs who reside at a distance.
Your obedient servant J. Hoge Atty at Law By W. H. Oldham
The original certificate is at Wheeling I believe. Please advise me whether the enclosed form will answer for drawing the bal. due to the heirs, if the original certificate is not on, with proof of heirship &c.
J. Hoge

Sam Dunlop Home to White Plains
Aug 5
[Handwritten signature]
J. S. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Sam Dunlop Home to which part
Aug 5
[Signature]
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Edward Banks Phil a Aug. 3 d 1837
Sir
Your favor of the 1 st Instant is rec d . Samuel Durlap a pensioner under act of 18 March 1818, at 8 doll s per month, was last paid at this Agency to the 4 March 1837. No further payments will be made him by me and his name is now noted on the Rolls as transfered to Wheeling from after that time.
I am Sir very respectfully W m Otto Sewant H o me Pension Clerk for Jas. Schott Pres t .
J. S. Edwards Esq y Comm r of Pensions Washington.

121
see
Waynesburg Pa 9 th March
Free
Hon. A. B. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington D.C.  Recd. 15 Mar 1841 2/15
19356
Mail 3

Leesburg 8 th March
Free
Hon. A. C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington D.C.
Recd 15 Mar 2/5
March 3

Waynesburg March 8 1821
J. B. Calhoun Esq.
Sir Enclosed you will receive the copies of the Declarations of John West & David Dunlap of their property which was returned for want of the etc of the certificate. which I hereby return with a certificate attached certifying the number of the certificate granted by the War Department.
From the very indigent situation of the pensioners I would beg leave to urge a speedy return of the the information cont- aining 1 st pensioners
Yours.
Wm T. Hays

Thomas Bunlap Virginia Roll Col. Spotswood Septm r 1716 - War-
Found in the Virginia Roll
Admitted

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Greene County
On this twenty third day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before me the subscriber one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Greene in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally ap- peared Samuel Dunlap, about sixty four years old, resident in the said county, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval ser- vices of the United States in the revolutionary war: That he, the said Samuel Dunlap enlisted for during the war about the month of September in the year 1776. in Loudoun county in the state of Virginia, in the company commanded by Captain Paden Harrison of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Spotswood in the Virginia line on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the same corps until taken a prisoner at Charleston in South Carolina with General Lincoln. About a month after his capture the deponent made his escape from the enemy and joined the company commanded by Captain Herker, and was detached against the Indians up  in the state of Pennsylvania the Delaware river, and was hon- orably discharged at Minnecunk, shortly after the capture of Lord Cornwallis at York town in Virginia; that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, was at the taking of Stony point under General Wayne, and at the siege of Char- leston, where he was taken prisoner as before stated; And that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of his country's assistance for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me this day and year aforesaid.
David Gray

I David Gray, judge of the court of Common Pleas for the County of Green in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Dunlap did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, at one time, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress, I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support
David Gray